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Wes H. - 26 Apr 2006 19:08 GMT

I was wondering if it would be possible to create a rule in outlook that
upon receiving a message from a certain person the server would wait x
number of minutes and then do a server reply to the individual.

I can set up the rule in rules wizard to do everything that I am wanting
with the exception of the delayed send time. Is there a way to write
this into a vba script and then attach that to the rule? If so then how
would I write that up and attach it. The 'x' number of minutes, I am
hoping could be anything randomly selected between 20 minutes and 2
hours, but if I can only specify a select time delay then I can always
go and change it regularly.

Thanks for any help.

Wes H

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Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook] - 26 Apr 2006 21:54 GMT

There's no easy way to do this in the client, that's for sure. This is
screaming out for a server side process, which is best done by an Exchange
Event Sink.

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> I was wondering if it would be possible to create a rule in outlook that
> upon receiving a message from a certain person the server would wait x
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> Wes H

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Wes H. - 27 Apr 2006 02:46 GMT

> There's no easy way to do this in the client, that's for sure. This is
> screaming out for a server side process, which is best done by an Exchange
> Event Sink.

Hey Eric, thanks for the response. I have no way of doing it on the
server side, so that's out. But it is capable to do it on the client side?

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Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook] - 27 Apr 2006 03:22 GMT

Well, yeah, it is possible on the client side but could be tricky. If you
have your rule run a script, then that script could start a timer. I suggest
a timer class like this one:

vbAccelerator - SSubTimer - ASM Thunk Version:
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/vb/Code/Libraries/Subclassing/SSubTimer_ASM_Ve
rsion/article.asp

Good luck managing this timer over extended periods of time, especially with
Outlook restarts/hangs. An alternative may be to hook your logic into
reminders from Tasks.

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> > There's no easy way to do this in the client, that's for sure. This is
> > screaming out for a server side process, which is best done by an Exchange
> > Event Sink.
> >
> Hey Eric, thanks for the response. I have no way of doing it on the
> server side, so that's out. But it is capable to do it on the client side?

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